Work & commute · La Rue

Work & commute in La Rue, OH

Most working residents leave La Rue for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (14%), Marion (11%) and Columbus (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 229 La Rue residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Rue.

229live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Rue goes to work

Marion13.3 mi away

14%33

Marion13.6 mi away

11%25

Columbus46 mi away

9%21

Delaware25.8 mi away

6%13

Marysville24.9 mi away

5%12

Kenton12.9 mi away

3%6

Green Camp9.7 mi away

2%5

Upper Sandusky18.4 mi away

2%5

Orange34.4 mi away

2%5

La Rue (in town)right here

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%104

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far La Rue commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

25%

21%

6%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Rue is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in La Rue are

57 jobs are based in La Rue. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Rue’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Rue

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs La Rue residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−53%

Jobs based in La Rue, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 57. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.